QJ #6642 and two other sisters of the same class are waiting for her next assignment at the Harbin shed.
A long passenger train hauled by the older DFH3 0102 is arriving at Harbin during a cold winter morning. The temperature in Manchuria that day was close to -22F (-30°C).
Two China Rail workers unload blocks of frozen fish from conventional boxcars. With daytime highs in the mid-teens---no refrigeration needed!
A QJ adorned and used for Chairman Mao's funeral train simmers at Harbin. At the time of this photo Mao had been dead for years, his polices discredited and the special loco relegated to pool frei... (more)